Trunk-securing means.



S. E. WRNSHIP.

TRUNK SEGURIKNG MEANS. APPu'cATnoN- HLED 1M.

Patented J uly 3, 19H? INVENTOR ATTORNEYS sfnErnEn E. WINSHIP, or MAIDEN, MiiissncnrsE'rrs,v Assuntorel 'ro w. w. wINsitIr a soNs coMPAnY, or Urrea, NEW Yoan, A .CORPORATION l ZinrafZZ wtcm'z't may concern.'

nlefitlmown that I, STEPHEN E. WINSHIP, of Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of f-Massachusetts, have Iinvented cer- ??tai fzn'ewi-qand useful Improvements in T12 n kSecurin Means; and I do hereby declare that=. they ollowing'is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others ylskilledlin the art to which apper- Lf tainsJtoimake and use the same, reference being'ffhad to the accompanying drawings, atl-dito, the 's reference-numerals marked thereon; which form part of this specification.

Llpresent invention relates to means for seeming-together the two parts'of a trunk, aridnioreparticularly to such means as will atitjn'emovement lock the trunk together at ntiiire than one point.

e` lhe 'fp uijpose of my invention is to prov de 'improved locking means of the characteiitdescribeil,iy and furthermore, to provide means that are simple in construction, posit'riefi'r'iaetion andnot likely to get out of order.y y l A'other'bbject of this invention is to provide a device of the character described, having an improved operating meanstending to greater efficiency of the device.

A still further object of my invention is to provide means that will not only. securely lock together the members of the trunk `when brought together, but which is also adapted to assist in the final closing together of the members of the trunk; and moreover, to provide a device wherein this double action is secur'ed without additional members and without requiring any additional or dierent movements of the parts by the perf son using` the trunk. v

l 1 urther advantages and purposes of my invention will appear from Vthe specification and claims hereafter made. l

Figure i is a side elevation of the outside of a trunk embodying myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a perpendicular sectional view of `the same trunk, looking toward theyside of the trnnkthat is equipped with Amy invention, the parts being shown in the position they occupy before the locking movement is begun, .Y

Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view, but with Specification of Letters Patent.

, TnUnmsEeUaING-Mnms iatentedJ uly 3, 1917.

Application leuanuary 2o, 1911s. serial no. 73,242.'

the parts in the osition the oceu when the trunk is lockeld. y py Fig.' 4 is a sectional view on an scale on line 4`4 of Fig. 3. A

Referring to the drawings in amore particular description, it will -be seen that my 'l closing and lockin device is shown as ap-j herein the first member 6.

plied to a ltrunk w and the'se'cond member 7 are hingedly secured to each other at their rear sides (not shown)and are adapted to be brought together and locked along their meetin front edges, which edges it is desired shal be se# cured and locked at several points in order to anlld to the strength and security of the trun Adjacent the edge of the first trunk member 6 there is provided; one or more eyeA straps 8.- Near the opposite edge of the second trunk member 7 there is provided a rod 9 mounted on said member to slide long'i` tudinally thereof as by Vbeing* slidingly housed in* bearings or straps y1O,`Which are securely/fastened to said second trunk meniber 7. Upon said rod 9 there are provided hooks 11 eual in number to the eye stra s Sand rigi relative to said rod either y being formed integral therewith or rigidly fastened thereto. The arrangement of the said parts is' such that when the rod 9 is moved in one direction as to upper position upon the drawings the hooks 11 will be free from the eye straps 8, allowing the trunk to vbe closed or opened as desired, but upon the rod bei-ng moved in the other direction as downward upon the drawings the hooks 11, assuming the trunk to be closed or substantially closed, will engage or enter the eyes of the eye straps 8 and thus in an obvious manner v,prevent the two members of the trunk from being drawn apart as long as the rod is in that position. l

Preferably also the hooks 11 will have a eamming engagement with the strap eyes 8 as the rod 11 is moving from unlocked to locked position so that downward movement of the rod 9 not only causes the hooks 11 to enter the'eyes 8 but the edges of the hooks facing toward the rod 9 will have acamming or wedging action upon. the ooperating surface of the eyes and thereby with great force lao . the

trunk will be drawn toward each other to final closed position. This camming action 1s of great importance in evenly closing a trunk and locking it, as it enables one personA readily to bring the trunk together convenientljr along its meeting edges. Furthermore by having the hooks 11 and the eyes of eye stra s 8 so proportioned to each other that ooks fit fairly closely in the eyes, it will be` obvious that the outer edges of the hooks 11 will have acamming action upon the inner edge of the eyes, viz.; that part of the eyes farthest from the locking rod 9,

when the locking rod and its attached hooks are being moved` to unlocked position 0r yraised as shown in the drawing and that this camlning action will thus operate to force the edges of the two paris of the trunk' slightly away from each other and so make complete opening of the trunk by the hands said axle 14 without the'trunk there is secured an arm 15. This arm terminates in a lock 16 adapted to be brou ht into engagement with and lockwith t e usual leye or hasp member upon a plate 17 upon the trunk member 6 and located opposite to the axle l 14 in the Way of an ordinary trunk lock. Preferably also the arm 15 will be hinged at 15 to the portion 15b of the arm2 which is connected to axle 14 as suggested 1n Fig. 1.-

Such hinged connection between the two parts of arm 15.allow the lock 16 to be swung toward and away from the plate 17,

1. In a trunk, the combination with sec- 5t I tions pivoted together, of means for locking said sections comprising a longitudinally movable locking bar secured to one of said sections, inter-engaging locking membe carried by said bar and the other of said sect U0 tions, said locking members being arran ed@ to positively force said sections apart w en a'd] usted to unlocked position.

2. In a trunk, the combination with sec tio'ns pivoted together, of.means for locking et said sections comprising a longitudinally-- movable locking bar carried by one of said sections inter-engaging locking members cal'.- ried by the othei` of said sections, said locking members being arranged to positively 7e force said sections togetherwhen adjusted' to locking position and to po'sitivel foi'ce. said sections away 4from each other w en the bar is adjusted'to unlocked position. A

3. In a trunk, the combination with,I sec- M tions, of means for locking said. sections gether comprising a longitudinally-adjustable bar located within the trunk, meansop" erable from the exterior of the trunk for adjusting said bar and means operablel upon-8l the longitudinal adjustment of said bar for automatically forcing said sections toward and from each other.

In witness whereof I have aiiiized my signature, this 15th da of January 1916..

` STE HEN E. WINSHIP, y 

